^  t^f>T  SK  Bill.] 


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HOUSE  OF'\REPBESfeNTA'nVES,   January  9,    I8fi4.— -Read 

first  and  second  tifB^.  aod  Vcferrerl,  to  thf>   OootitQittee  of  the  Whole 
and  orderod  to  ho  prmi 


[By  Mr.  Joxr,«i.  from  the  Coramittee  of  Ways  and  Means.] 


A.    BILL 

To  be  entitled  "An  act  to  make  additional  appropriations  for  the  ?up- 
port  of  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  Jane  30,  1864. 

1  Skction  1 .     The    Congress  of  the  Confedfrnfe  States  of  America 

2  do  enact y  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby, 
.1  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
1  Hppropriated,  for  the  ;?upport  of  the  Government,  in  addition  to 
.')  appropriations  heretofore  made,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  on  the 

0  thirtieth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty - 
7     four : 

1  Legislative. — For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  and 
J     delegates  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  t^vo  hundred  thousand 

'  ;j     dollars,  ($200,000.) 

4  For  compensation  of  oflScers  and  others  employed  in  the  service 

5  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  five  thousand  six  hundred  and 

6  twenty.five  dollars,  (^5,635.) 


7  For  contingent  expenses  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  forty 

8  thousand  dollars,  ($40,000.) 

9  For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  of  the  Senate,  forty- 

10  seven  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty  dollars,  ( IT.vSSO.) 

1 1  For  compensation  of  officers  and  clerks  of  the   Senate,  eight 

12  thousand  dollars,  ($8,000.) 

13  For  incidental  a^l  contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate,  seven 

14  thousand  dollars,  ($7,000.) 

1  Executive. — For  compensation  of  the  President  of  the  Confed- 

2  erate  States,  twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  ($12,500.) 

3  For  compensation   of  the  Vice-President  of  the  Confederate 

4  States,  three  thousand  dollars,  ($3,000.) 

5  For  compensation  of  the  private  secretary  and  messenger  of 

6  the   President  of  the  Confederate   States,  one   thousand   three 

7  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  ($1,350.) 

8  For  compensation  of  the  private  secretary  of  the  Vice-Prosi- 

9  dent  of  the  Confederate  States,  five  hundred  dollars,  ($500.) 

10  For  the  contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses  of  the  Executive 

11  Department,  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  ($15,000.) 

1  Treasury  Department. — For  compensation  of  the   Secretary  of 

2  the    Treasury,    Assistant    Secretary,    Comptroller.    Auditors, 

3  Treasurer  and  Register,  and  clerks,  messengers,  watchmen  and 

II 

4  laborers,  in  the  Treasury  Department,  three  hundred  and  ninety 

5  thousand  two  hundred  dollars,  ($390,200.) 


3 

f       ^^^• 

G  For  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Treasu  rr      i^i3z> 

7  Department,     thirty-seven     tbouc^and     four     hundred    dollars. 

8  ($a7,4UU.) 

0  For  the  payment  of  interest  on  the  public  debt,  twenty  million 

10  dollars,  (^'30,000,00^^.") 

11  For  engraving  and  printing  treasury  notes,  bonds  and  certifi- 
\t  catcB  for  fctocks,  and  for  paper  for  the  same,  eight  hundred  thou- 

13  Baud  dollars,  (^SOO,0<K).) 

14  For  the  payment  of  principal,  under  loan  of  August  19,  1861, 

15  this  aum  being  amount  due  and  payable  on  the  Ibt  of  July,  1864, 

16  one  million  three  hundred  and  forty  thousand  two  hundred  dol- 

17  lara,  (:$  1,3 40,200.) 

18  For  the  rent  of  Executive  buildings  and   President's   house, 

19  fifteen  thousand  doliars,  ($16,000.) 

20  To  defray  expenses  incurred  in  the  safe-keeping  and  transport- 

21  ation  of  coin  belonging  to  the  New  Orleans  banks,  five  hundred 

22  and  fifty-nine  dollars,  ($559.) 

1  War  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 

2  Assistant  Secretary,  Chief  of  Bureau,  clerks,  messengers  and 
.?  others  employed  in  the  War  Department,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
i  thousand  dollars,  ($150,000.) 

5  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  War  Depart- 

6  ment,  ninety  thousand  dollars,  ($90,000.) 

7  For  compensation  of  Commissioner  and  Chief  Clerk  of  Indian 


4 

8  Affairs,  and  incidental  expenses  of  bureau,  two  tliousaud  one 

9  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars,  ($2,1250.) 

10  For  contingent  expenses  of  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  Gene- 

11  ral's  Department,  fifty  thousand  dollars,  (;!^o0,00l).) 

1^  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  army,  two  hun- 

13  dred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  ($250,000.) 

1  Quartermasters  Department. — For  pay  of  the  army,  two  hun- 

2  dred  and  thirty- five  million  four  hundred  and  thirty -four  thou- 

3  sand  eight  hundred  and  twenty  dollars,  ($235,434,820.) 

4  For  pay  of  officers,  &c.,  required  to  collect  the  tax  in  kind, 

5  twelve  miilicn  two  hundred  and  thirteen  thousand  two  hundred 

6  and  four  dollars,  from  July   Ist,   1863,  to  June  30th,   1864, 

7  ($12,213,204.) 

8  For  the  transportation  of  troops  and  their  baggage,  of  quar- 

9  tcrmaster's  stores,  substistence,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores, 

10  from  place  of  purchase  to  troops  in  the  field,  purchase  of  horses, 

1 1  mules,  wagons  and  harness,  purchase  of  lumber,  nails,  iron  and 

12  steel  for  store-houses,  quarters  for  troops  and  other  repairs,  hire 

13  of  teamsters,    laborers,  is:c.,    seventy  million  six  hundred  and 

1 4  thirty  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty- six  dollars,  ($70,630,440.) 

For  pay  for  horses  of  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates 

1  )  killed  in  battle,  under  article  No.    48,  section   7,  and  for  which 

■J  7  provision  is  to  be  made,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  ($  1 00,000.) 

18  To  pay  for  property  pressed  into  the  service  of  the  Confede- 


1 9  rate  States,  under  appraisement,  and  said  property  having  been 

20  either  lost  or  applied  to  the  service,  two  hundred  tliousand  dol- 

21  lars,  ($200,001).) 

i2'2  For  the.  sustenance  of  pri-oiirrs  nl'  war,  under   net   No.  ]S\, 

23  section  i ,  and  the  hire  of  the   necessary  prisons,  quarters,  »!cc.,"' 

2  J  for  the  sate-keeping  cf  the  same,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 

25  necessary,  one  million  dollars,  ($1,000,000.) 
2G         For  the  pay  of  the  officers  ou  duty  in  the  oihces  of  the  Adju- 

27  iaut  and  Inspector  General's  Department,  Quartermaster  Gene- 

28  ral's,  Medical,  Engineer,  Ordnance  and  Subsistence  Departments, 

29  four  hundred  and  iifty  thousand  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
JO  dollars,  ($450,275.)  « 

1  Commissary   Department. — For   the    purchase    of    subsistence 

2  fat(.>ie=,  aua  cuiuuiibsary  property,  fift^'-seven  million  njne  hundred 

3  and  eighty-eight  thousand  dollars,  ($57,988,000.) 

1  Ordnance   Department. — For  the    ordnance    service    in   all  its 

2  branches,  t\ve:Uy-three  million  dollars,  ($23,000,000.) 

3  For  the  nitre  and  mining  service,  nine  million  five  hundred 

4  thousand  dollars,  ($9,500,000.) 

1  Engineer  Department. — For  engineer  service,  ten  million  dol- 

2  lars,  ($10,000,000.) 

1  Medical  Department. — For  pay  of  physicians  employed  by  con- 

2  tract,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  ($200,1)00.) 


3  For  pay  of  nui'ses  and  cooks  not  enlisted  or  volunteerd,  three 

4  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  (S35ii,UU0.) 

5  For  pay  of  hospital  laundresse:*,  one  hundred  and  fifty  tliou- 

6  sand  dollars,  (§150,000.) 

7  For  the  purchase  uf  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  fifteen  mil- 

8  lion  four  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars,  ($ I o, 420,000.) 
n  For  the  establishment  and   support  of  military  hospitals,  two 

10  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  ($250,000.) 

I  1  For  the  pay  of  hospital  stewards,  one   hundred  thousand  dol- 
12  lars,  (§100,000.) 

12  For  the  pay  of  matrons,  assistant  matrons  and  ward  matrons, 

13  three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  ($350,000.) 

1  Navy  Departmcni. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the 

2  Navy,  clerks  and  messenger  m  his  office,  fourteen  thousand  six 

3  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  ($14,650.) 

4  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Navy   Depart- 

5  ment,  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  ($15,000.) 

(J  For  pay  of  the  navy,  one  million  four  hundred  and  sixty-three 

7  thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty-eight  dollars  and  twelve  cents, 

8  ($1,463,188  12.) 

9  For  provisions  and  clothing  in  the  Paymaster's  Department, 
10  one  million  five  hundred  and  thirty-one  thousand  seven  hundred 

I I  and  fifty  dollars,  ($  1 ,53 1 ,750.) 


12  For  the  construction  of  iron-clad  vessels  in  the   Confederate 

1/5  States,  three  million  dollars,  ($3,000,000.) 

14  For  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  one  million  eight  hundred 

15  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  ($1,850,000.) 

IG  For    repairs    of    vessels,    three    hundred    thousand    dollars, 

17  (8300,000.)  ♦ 

18  For  the  equipment  and  stores  of  vessels,  five  hundred  thousand 
10  dollars,  ($500,000.) 

20  For  the   construction  of    snb-marine   batteries,   one  hundred 

21  thousand  dollars,  ($100,000.) 

22  For  fuel  for  steamers,  navy  yards,  and  stations,  five  hundred 

23  thousand  dollars.  ($500,000.) 

24  For  contingent  enumerated,  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars, 

25  ($800,000.) 

20  For  medical  supplies  and  surgeon's  necessaries,  six  hundred 

27  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  ($650,000.} 

28  For  the  support  of  the  marine  corps,  four  hundred   thousand 

29  three  hundred  and  fifty-seven  dollars,  ($400,357.) 

30  For  the  construction  of  four  steam  cruisers  of  the  class  of  the 

31  ♦*  Alabama "    and   "Florida"    in    the    Confederate    States,  two 

32  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  ($2,500,000.) 

1  State  Departvient. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  State, 

2  clerks,  messenger,  and  laborer,  seven  thousand  and  nine  dollars 

3  and  fifty  cents,  ($7,009  50.) 


8 

t  For  the  purchase  of  diplomntic  book!*,  three  thousand  dollars, 

.1  (S3,iH»(i.) 

a  For  porapenafition  of    conunissionors   ;ind  secretaries,  twcntv- 

7  nine  thonsiind  four  hundred  dollars'  ($29.1Mt>.) 

8  For    compensation     of     cnminercial     agents,     five     thousand 
n  dollars.  C?^.•'i. 0(1(1  ) 

111  For  the  nccc'^iries  and  exigencies  under  laws  already  passed, 

I  I  or  which  may  be  passed,  or  may  hereafter  arise,  and  unforeseen 

12  emerfi;encies.  subject  to  the  rer(uisition,  and  under  the  control  of 

13  the  President,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.  (S500,()()0.) 

1  Department  of   Jvstirc. — For  compensation  of  Attorney  Gene- 

i  ral,  Assistant  Attorney  General,   clerics  nnl  messengers,  four 

3  thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-four  dollars  and  eighty-nine 

I  cents,  ($4,324  89.) 

5  For  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Department 

(i  of  Justice,  fifteen  hundred  dollars.  ($1,500.) 

7  For  compensation  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing,  clerk 

8  and  messenger,  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  <ifty  dollars  and 

9  seventy  cents,  ($3,7.50  70.) 

10  For  compensation  of  Governor  and   Commissioner  of  Indian 

I I  Affairs,  Secretary,  Judges,   Attorney,  and   Marsh  :1  of  Arizona 

12  Territory,  four  thousauft  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  ($4,6r)0.) 

13  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  Arizona  Territory 

14  to  be  expended  by  the  Governor,  five  hundred  dollars,  (1$500.) 


9 

15  For  printing,  binding,  and  ruling  for  tlie  several  Executive 

16  Departments,   one   hundred   and   twenty-five   thousand    dollara, 

17  ($125,001).) 

18  For  printing,  binding  and  ruling  for  both  Houses  of  Congress, 

19  including     the    {minting    of    the    lawn,    in   book    form,    twenty 

20  thoitoand  dollars,  ($20,000.) 

21  For  purchase  of  paper  for  the   Executive    Departments  and 

22  Congress,  fifty  thousand  dollarts,  ($50,000.) 

2S  For   compensation  of  judges,    attorneys   and    marshals,    and 

24  incidental  ami  contingent  expenses  of  courts,  sixty-four  thousand 

25  six  hundred    ami    tvv-entj'-uino    dolbir-^    and    twenty-two    cents. 

26  ($64,629   22.) 

27  For  compensation  of  thn^e  commissioners  appointed  under  the 

28  sequestration  act.  and  for  clerk   hire,  and  contingent  expenses, 

29  three  thousand  two  hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars  and  fifteen 

30  cento,  ($3,233   15.) 

1  Post-Officc  Dipartnwnt. — For  corapcnsation  of  tlie  Postmaster 

2  General,  chiefs  of  bureau,  clerks  and  messenger,  watchmen  and 

3  laborers,  three   thousand    four  hundred    and   four   dollars    and 

4  eighty-eight  cents,  ($3,404  88.) 

5  For  compensation  of  agents,  cost  of  material,  and  construct- 

6  ing,  repairing  and  operating  telegraph  lines,  sixty-five  thousand 

7  five  hundred  and  sixty  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  (65,563  50.) 

8  For  rent,  fuel  and  gas  light  for  the  post-oflfice  building  in  the 

9  city  of  Richinond,  six  thousand  dollars,  ($6,000.) 

2 


10 

10  For  balance  due  for  altcration?i  and  damages  of  a  building  for 

11  a  post-office   in  the  city  of   Richmond  eight  thousand  dollars, 

12  ($8,000.) 

1  Indian  Affairs. — For  amount  required   to  comply  with   treaty 

S  stipulations,  entered  into  between    the  Confederate   States   and 

3  certain  Indian  tribes,  one  hundred  and  eighty-two  thousand  six 

4  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  and  fifty-seven  cents,  (183,6GO  57.) 

5  To  jiHct  the  incidental  expenses  of  the  public  service,  within 

6  the  Indian  tribes,  fifty  thousand  dollars,  ($50,000.) 

1  Postal  Service. — For  the  postal  service  of  the  Confederate  States, 

2  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  ;  being  the  revenues 

3  arising  from  postages,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the  oOth  of  .Inne. 

4  1864  ; 

5  For  tx'anriportation  of  the  mails,  two  million  one  hundred  and 

6  fifty-seven    thousand  eight  hundred    and  forty-six  dollars  and 

7  forty-threee  cents,  (?,157,S1G   13.) 

8  For  compensation   of  postmasters,  eight  hundred  and  sixty- 

9  two  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-three  dollars  and  fifty- 

10  seven  cents,  ($862,873  57.) 

1 1  For  compensation  of  post-office  clerks,  one  hundred  and  sixteen 

12  thousand  three  hundred  and  fifty-^two  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents, 

13  ($116,352  66.) 

14  For  ship,  steamboat  and  way-letters,  seven  hundred  and  bct- 

15  enty-one  dollars  and  forty  one  cents,  ($771   41.) 


u 

16  B'or  ailvertiains.  twelve  thousand  nine  hundred    and  fifteen 

17  .  dollars  and  sixty- two  cents,  ($12,915  62.) 

18  For  mail  ba^rs.  seven  thousand  three  hundred  and  nine  dollars 

19  and  eighty-five  cents,  ($7,309  85.) 

20  For  ofUce  furniture,  one  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixty  dol- 

21  lars,  ($1,460  00.) 

22  For  blanks  and  printing,  seventy-four  thousand  and  forty -seven 

23  dollars,  and  seventy-six  cents,  ($74,047  76.) 

24  For  wrapping  paper,  twenty- nine  thousand  three  hundred  and 

25  thirty-eight  dollars  and  eighteen  cents,  ($29,338   18.) 

26  For  mail  locks,  keys  and   stamps,  seven  hundred  and  fifty-six 

27  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents,  ($756  75.) 

28  For  mail  depredations  and  special  agents,  twenty-six  thousand 

29  and  sixty-eight  dollar?  and  thirty  one  cents,  ($26,068  31.) 

SO  For  miscellaneous  payments,   twenty  thousand  five  hundred 

31  and  thirty-nine  dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents,  ($20,539  69.) 

32  For  postage  stamps,  twenty-seven  thousand  five  hundred  and 

33  seventy- two  dollars  and  seventy-eight  cents,  ($27,572  78.) 


